a person who relies on another person for support (especially financial support);
addicted to a drug;
contingent on something else;
not independent; "dependent children";
of a clause; unable to stand alone syntactically as a complete sentence; "a subordinate (or dependent) clause functions as a noun or adjective or adverb within a sentence";
being under the power or sovereignty of another or others; "subject peoples"; "a dependent prince";
